[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 110 (Monday, June 9, 1997)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 31374-31375]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-14977]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 97-AWP-22]


Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace; Mammoth Lakes, CA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: This notice proposes to amend Class E airspace at Mammoth 
Lakes, CA. The development of a Global Positioning System (GPS) 
Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) to Runway (RWY) 27 has 
made this proposal necessary. The intended effect of this proposal is 
to provide adequate controlled airspace for Instrument Flight Rules 
(IFR) operations at Mammoth Lakes Airport, Mammoth Lakes, CA.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 31, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Federal 
Aviation Administration, Attn: Manager, Airspace Branch, AWP-520, 
Docket No. 97-AWP-22. Air Traffic division, P.O. Box 92007, Worldway 
Postal Center, Los Angeles, California, 90009.
    The official docket may be examined in the Office of the Assistant 
Chief Counsel, Western Pacific Region, Federal Aviation Administration, 
Room 6007, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, California, 90261.
    An informal docket may also be examined during normal business 
hours at the Office of the manager, Airspace Branch, Air Traffic 
Division at the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry Tonish, Airspace Branch, AWP-520 
Air Traffic Division, Western-Pacific Region, Federal Aviation 
Administration, 15000 Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, California, 90261, 
telephone (310) 725-6556.

[[Page 31375]]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Comments Invited

    Interested parties are invited to participate in this proposed 
rulemaking by submitting such written data, views, or arguments as they 
may desire. Comments that provide the factual basis supporting the 
views and suggestions presented are particularly helpful in developing 
reasoned regulatory decisions on the proposal. Comments are 
specifically invited on the overall regulatory, aeronautical, economic, 
environmental, and energy-related aspects of the proposal. 
Communications should identify the airspace docket and be submitted in 
triplicate to the address listed above. Commenters wishing the FAA to 
acknowledge receipt of their comments on this notice must submit with 
the comments a self-addressed, stamped postcard on which the following 
statement is made: ``Comments to Airspace Docket No. 97-AWP-22.'' The 
postcard will be date/time stamped and returned to the commenter. All 
communications received on or before the specified closing date for 
comments will be considered before taking action on the proposed rule. 
The proposal contained in this notice may be changed in the light of 
comments received. All comments submitted will be available for 
examination in the Airspace Branch, Air Traffic Division, at 15000 
Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, California 90261, both before and after 
the closing date for comments. A report summarizing each substantive 
public contact with FAA personnel concerned with this rulemaking will 
be filed in the docket.

Availability of NPRM

    Any person may obtain a copy of this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
(NPRM) by submitting a request to the Federal Aviation Administration, 
Airspace Branch, P.O. Box 92007, Worldway Postal Center, Los Angeles, 
California 90009. Communications must identify the notice number of 
this NPRM. Persons interested in being placed on a mailing list for 
future NPRM's should also request a copy of Advisory Circular No. 11-
2A, which describes the application procedures.

The Proposal

    The FAA is considering an amendment to part 71 of the Federal 
Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 71) by amending the Class E airspace 
at Mammoth Lakes, CA. The development of GPS SIAP has made this 
proposal necessary. The intended effect of this proposal is to provide 
adequate airspace for aircraft executing the GPS RWY 27 SIAP at Mammoth 
Lakes Airport. Mammoth Lakes, CA. Class E airspace designations are 
published in Paragraph 6005 of FAA Order 7400.9D dated September 4, 
1996, and effective September 16, 1996, which is incorporated by 
reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The Class E airspace designation listed in 
this document would be published subsequently in this Order.
    The FAA has determined that this proposed regulation only involves 
an established body of technical regulations for which frequent and 
routine amendments are necessary to keep them operationally current. 
Therefore, this proposed regulation--(1) is not a ``significant 
regulatory action'' under Executive Order 12866; (2) is not a 
``significant rule'' under DOT Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44 
FR 10034; February 26, 1979); and (3) does not warrant preparation of a 
Regulatory Evaluation as the anticipated impact is so minimal. Since 
this is a routine matter that will only affect air traffic procedures 
and air navigation, it is certified that this proposal rule will not 
have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small 
entities under the criteria of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71

    Airspace, Incorporation by reference, Navigation (air)

The Proposed Amendment

    In consideration of the foregoing, the Federal Aviation 
Administration proposes to amend 14 CFR part 71 as follows:

PART 71--[AMENDED]

    1. The authority citation for 14 CFR part 71 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40103, 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 
FR 95653 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp., p. 389; 14 CFR 11.69.


Sec. 71.1  [Amended]

    2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of the Federal 
Aviation Administration Order 7400.9D, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, dated September 4, 1996, and effective September 16, 
1996, is amended as follows:
* * * * *

Paragraph 6005  Class E airspace areas extending upward from 700 
feet or more above the surface of the earth.

* * * * *

AWP CA E5 Mammoth Lakes, CA [Revised]

Mammoth Lakes Airport, CA
    (Lat 37 deg.37'26''N, long. 118 deg.50'19''W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.6-mile radius of the Mammoth Lakes Airport. That airspace 
extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface within the area 
bounded by a line beginning at lat. 37 deg.49'00''N, long. 
119 deg.00'00''W; to lat. 37 deg.49'00''N, long. 119 deg.13'00''W; 
to lat. 38 deg.11'00''N, long. 119 deg.13'00''W; to lat. 
38 deg.11'00''N, long. 118 deg.27'00''W; to lat. 37 deg.30'00''W, 
long. 118 deg.27'00''N; to lat. 37 deg.30'00''W, long, 
119 deg.00'00''N, thence to the point of beginning.
* * * * *
    Issued in Los Angeles, California, on May 27, 1997.
George D. Williams,
Manager, Air Traffic Division, Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 97-14977 Filed 6-6-97; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910-13-M